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Anna Palen

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Anna Palen

Birth
Canadensis, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 May 1944 (aged 80)
Margaretville, Delaware County, New York, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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JMA# 3251
As a young woman, she moved with her family to Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1888, Anna graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts; earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. She established a scholarship at that school which contributed to the education of young women. In 1910, after the death of her mother, Anna moved to Roxbury, New York where she lived with her cousin, Helen Gould Shepard. Anna was a member of the Roxbury School Board and served as president of the Roxbury Library Association. She was a member of the Ladies' Social Society of the Gould Memorial Dutch Reformed Church and was treasurer of the John More Association from 1925 to 1940. She was remembered for her happy, cheerful nature.
Biography added by JMA#4262611 on 19 November 2014.
Source-
-November 1944, The Historical Journal of the More Family
JMA# 3251
As a young woman, she moved with her family to Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1888, Anna graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts; earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. She established a scholarship at that school which contributed to the education of young women. In 1910, after the death of her mother, Anna moved to Roxbury, New York where she lived with her cousin, Helen Gould Shepard. Anna was a member of the Roxbury School Board and served as president of the Roxbury Library Association. She was a member of the Ladies' Social Society of the Gould Memorial Dutch Reformed Church and was treasurer of the John More Association from 1925 to 1940. She was remembered for her happy, cheerful nature.
Biography added by JMA#4262611 on 19 November 2014.
Source-
-November 1944, The Historical Journal of the More Family


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  • Created by: Cindy Coffell
  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135925932/anna-palen: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Palen (17 Jan 1864–12 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135925932, citing Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Cindy Coffell (contributor 47890570).